Match Details

GLCS vs MDX 3rd Match, T20 Blast 2022

GLCS

199-920.0

Middlesex won by 30 runs 🏆

MDX

20.0229-9

Match info

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Scorecard

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	62	47
10 Over	80	79

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	49	89
10 Over	122	133
15 Over	187	187
20 Over	245	228

Commentary

That's it from today's T20 blast match between Middlesex and Gloucestershire here at Radlett, this is Shashank Surly taking your leave along with my fellow commentator Ajay Ahire and our scorer Paras Yadav. We promise you to bring more action packed games from this competition in the coming days.

Middlesex's next home game will be against Glamorgan on Sunday here at Radlett, they will go to Southampton to face Hampshire tomorrow. Gloucestershire on the other hand will be hosting Sussex tomorrow night at Bristol. You could tune into other games of this thrilling tournament right now..

Player of the Match: Stephen Eskinazi - 87(37) [4s-13/6s-2]

Middlesex have outclassed their opponents in all facet off the game here in Radlett. They win by a good margin of 30 runs, it could had been bit more too. Gloucestershire had were just behind their opponents through most parts of the game.

It all started with Stephen Eskinazi's masterclass batting, who struck 87 off just 37 balls with 13 fours and 2 maximums, was striking the cricket ball blissfully and he was well supported from Eoin Morgan (41 off 24), Max Holden (27 off 12) and Joe Cracknell (26 off 15). The Men in Pink were well on their course to take the score past 250 one stage but the Gloucestershire bowlers fought their way back and got 6 wickets for 44 runs in the last five or so overs and restricted the hosts to 229/9. Ryan Higgins was the best bowler for the men in yellow with his 3/32 off four, Naseem Shah and David Payne got 2 wickets apiece but were too expensive.

Gloucestershire in their response to such a huge target was just clueless as they struggled to find gaps and hit boundaries and lost wickets in heap and none of their top order players got a great start and lost 4 for 60 in the ninth over. Ryan Higgins (34 off 21) and Benny Howell (46 off 20) were the only batters who were trying hard to get to a reasonable score to have less effect on their net run rate as they put on 199/9 which at one stage looked close to impossible.

Martin Anderson was the star with the ball for the hosts as he got 3/33 off his four and Luke Hollman ended with 2/35 off his four and the rest did a decent job to start the season on a winning note.

OVER 20

Gloucestershire

199/9

Paul van Meekeren

16(7)

Naseem Shah

10(6)

Martin Andersson

3-33(4.0)

19.6 M Andersson to Meekeren

6 SIXX!!! Ohh what a way to end the run-fest. Meekeren smokes that one down the ground and he smokes the third six of the over. Fuller length on the woods. Meekeren makes the room and smashes that one over the long-off for a maximum. With that, Middlesex beat Gloucestershire by 30 runs.

19.5 M Andersson to Meekeren

0 Good length on the off. Meekeren misses it to the keeper. Swing and a miss.

19.4 M Andersson to Meekeren

6 SIXX!!! Meekeren is also having a bite here. He tonks it over the deep midwicket. Good length on the off stump line. He makes room and throws the kitchen sink towards it and smokes it over the deep midwicket.

19.3 M Andersson to N Shah

1lb Good length on the pads. Naseem misses it on the thigh pad and it rolls away on the leg side for a single.

19.2 M Andersson to N Shah

6 SIXX!!! Naseem goes straight and long as he collects a maximum here. He is having fun here in the end. Fuller length on the off stump line. He makes room and smokes that one over the long-off for a huge six.

19.1 M Andersson to Meekeren

1 Fuller on the middle and leg. He turns that one towards the deep square leg for a single.

19.1 M Andersson to Meekeren

WD A wide ball to begin the over. Back of a length but he slides down the leg side.

OVER 19

Gloucestershire

178/9

Naseem Shah

4(4)

Paul van Meekeren

3(3)

Toby Roland-Jones

1-30(4.0)

18.6 T Roland-Jones to N Shah

0 A dot ball to end the over. Good length a tad outside the off. Takes the pace off the ball and Naseem misses the swing to the keeper.

18.5 T Roland-Jones to N Shah

4 FOUR!!! Naseem gets the thick outside edge of the bat and it rolls away towards the fence for a four here. Fuller length outside the off. Naseem gets that one over the short third man for a four here.

18.4 T Roland-Jones to N Shah

0 Again a swing and a miss here. Back of a length on the off. Naseem again misses that one.

18.3 T Roland-Jones to N Shah

0 Swing and a miss. Good length on the off stump line. He misses it to the keeper.